Toshiba is about to drop the price of their entry level HD-DVD player to $399, so I would assume that this no-name player will have to be $299 or less to have a shot at landing some sales.
I have been on the fence waiting for an inexpensive (and stand-alone) entry point into HD-DVD or BR and this just may be the ticket. I'm not expecting good upconversion performance on regular DVDs, so my Oppo OPDV971H DVD player will likely stay around.
I know a lot of PS3 fanboys troll this site and I'll likely perturb them, but I don't think the introduction of a low cost HD-DVD player will sit well with the BR format. BR is riding PS3 inertia right now, but once the PS3 has achieved it's big intro sales phase they will need something to penetrate the non-gamer home market. So far, they have nothing...
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Toshiba is about to drop the price of their entry level HD-DVD player to $399, so I would assume that this no-name player will have to be $299 or less to have a shot at landing some sales.
I have been on the fence waiting for an inexpensive (and stand-alone) entry point into HD-DVD or BR and this just may be the ticket. I'm not expecting good upconversion performance on regular DVDs, so my Oppo OPDV971H DVD player will likely stay around.
I know a lot of PS3 fanboys troll this site and I'll likely perturb them, but I don't think the introduction of a low cost HD-DVD player will sit well with the BR format. BR is riding PS3 inertia right now, but once the PS3 has achieved it's big intro sales phase they will need something to penetrate the non-gamer home market. So far, they have nothing...